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Cell division protein
From Proteopedia
Cell Division Protein FtsZ (Ftsz) is the prokaryotic homolog of tubulin. Ftsz assembles into a ring at the site of the septum in bacterial cell division. Ftsz stands for Filamenting Temperature-Sensitive mutant Z.
3D Structures of cell division protein Ftsz
Update June 2012
2r6r – AaFtsz – Aquifex aeolicus
2vam, 2vxy – BsFtsz – Bacillus subtilis
1w59, 1w5a, 1fsz – MjFtsz – Methanocaldococcus janaschii
1w5e - MjFtsz (mutant)
1w5f – Ftsz (mutant) – Thermotoga maritima
Ftsz binary complexes
2r75 – AaFtsz + 8-morpholino-GTP
1ofu – PaFtsz + SULA – Pseudomonas aeruginosa
2vaw - PaFtsz + GDP
1rlu, 2q1y – MtFtsz + γ-S-GTP – Mycobacterium tuberculosis
1rq7 - MtFtsz + GDP
1rq2, 2q1x – MtFtsz + citrate
1w58 – MjFtsz + GMP-CPP
1w5b - MjFtsz + GTP
2vap - MjFtsz + GDP
2rhh, 2rhj – BsFtsz + sulfate
2rhl – BsFtsz + GDP
2rho - BsFtsz + γ-S-GTP
+ GDP
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